Kaj_Sotala comments on Imaginary Positions - Less Wrong

19 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 December 2008 05:35PM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 24 December 2008 03:49:40PM 3 points [-]

Also, on topic of the Singularity, half of the people I meet seem to think the concept is obviously absurd because "the Singularity is all about infinite growth, and that's physically impossible". Has anybody ever actually claimed that the Singularity would be literally infinite anything?

Comment author: JoshuaZ 26 May 2010 10:11:47PM 2 points [-]

Has anybody ever actually claimed that the Singularity would be literally infinite anything?

IIRC, Kurzweil discusses the possibility in The Singularity is Near (in the context of making new universes). But it seems to be more in the "wow, gee!" category than anything he's asserting is at all likely.